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Jeff Flake wants Mitt Romney to run for U.S. Senate in Utah

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In a sit-down interview with Kasie Hunt, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he would support former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in a bid for Senate. In aiming to take over Sen. Orrin Hatch’s seat for Utah, Flake says Romney would be a “strong, independent voice in the Senate.”Jan. 12, 2018